"What's up?"
"A goodbye kiss!"
Qin Chu: ? ? ?
Fortunately, before General Qin could even process what was happening, President Qi's car sped off like it was being chased by a wild beast.
Only after seeing Qin Chu enter the villa through the rearview mirror did the car slowly stop in a parking space not far away.
The car was quiet, with only the air conditioning vents making a slight noise.
Li Hui huddled in the back seat, trembling.
He thought, "I really can't live like this anymore."
He traveled from the South Pole to the North Pole in a single day, and even spent a few minutes in the warm, flower-filled temperate zone in between. If this continued, he would surely die from the extreme temperature difference.
Li Hui decided to take the initiative to survive.
He looked up and was surprised to find that the person sitting in front of him had taken off their mask at some point, and the thing covering their scar on their left cheek had also been removed.
Qi Xuan leaned against the steering wheel, his left thumb rubbing the scar, but his gaze was turned to the window, looking at the villa in the distance where the lights were gradually coming on.
Li Hui suddenly realized the origin of the scar on Qi Xuan's face.
It's said that their boss was only a teenager at the time, and had just been sent abroad. Someone from the Qi family bribed a driver, and Qi Xuan was in a car accident on the way after getting off the plane, before he even settled down.
The car accident was extremely dangerous. Qi Xuan smashed the glass and climbed out of the deformed window, and then the car's fuel tank suddenly exploded.
The scar on his face was either from a glass shard when he crawled out, or from shards of glass from the exploding car.
However, Li Hui had been with Qi Xuan for quite some time, so everything he knew was hearsay.
He hadn't thought much of it before, but after today, Li Hui increasingly felt that his boss was crazy. Even a normal person who had experienced such a dangerous car accident, let alone suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, would at least stay away from vehicles in malfunction, right?
Their boss, on the other hand, locked himself in his car for so long tonight, and when he came out, he looked like he hadn't had enough...
The person staring at the villa in front of him withdrew their gaze slightly, and Li Hui took the opportunity to tentatively ask, "Boss, what should we do with this Mr. Lu?"
Judging from Qi Xuan's attitude, he might treat this Mr. Lu Wan like an ancestor.
Li Hui's cautious voice echoed in the quiet carriage.
He waited a while but didn't get a reply, so he mustered up his courage and looked up. Just then, he saw Qi Xuan's eyes crinkling with laughter in the rearview mirror.
Then Li Hui heard a malicious voice with a hint of laughter:
"Get rid of him."
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"Hello, Mr. Qi!"
"Mr. Qi is here so early today too..."
In the morning, Li Hui once again arrived at the head office with Qi Xuan's face.
Although the older employees in the company didn't think much of this suddenly appointed CEO, they still gave him plenty of face when they met.
As he entered the private elevator amidst these enthusiastic greetings, Li Hui couldn't help but glance at himself against the mirrored wall inside the elevator.
This fake face is expensive and labor-intensive to use, but unfortunately, it's not very durable and needs to be replaced every now and then. Li Hui came here this morning after his face had been replaced.
Qi Xuan prepared several masks and placed them all at Li Hui's residence, with dedicated maintenance personnel. Judging from this setup, it was clearly a long-term operation.
Li Hui had already mentally prepared himself, but...
He reached out and ran a hand through his hair, then looked at the hair in his palm and felt like crying.
As the days went by, Li Hui feared that he would not only have to wear a mask, but also a hood... It was because Qi Xuan's personality had become increasingly unpredictable lately, and the orders he gave were also impossible to fathom.
For example, yesterday.
Their boss sat in the car watching Mr. Lu, practically radiating pink bubbles, and after they got out, he hugged him tightly and wouldn't let go. Li Hui had thought that Qi Xuan was really going to take the man away and keep him as a mistress, but unexpectedly, he ended up receiving the task of getting rid of a man.
Drive them away...
How is he supposed to get there?
What posture and attitude should we use to rush?
Li Hui was afraid that if he kicked the person out, he would be dead.
Completely opposite to Li Hui, Qi Xuan came to the company humming a song today.
Of course, this company is not the Qi family.
He held his phone in one hand and opened the office partition door with the other, then nestled into the break room early in the morning.
But a short while later, someone knocked on the door.
"Come in," Qi Xuan replied.
The man entered with his eyes lowered and handed him a cell phone: "Boss, this is a cell phone that the second young master of the Qi family delivered to you along with the villa. It has been inspected and disassembled today, and there is nothing dangerous hidden inside."
Qi Xuan became interested and reached out to take the phone.
His second brother was quite interesting; he sent him such a big treasure, complete with a cell phone. What's the use of this cell phone?
Qi Xuan pressed the power button.
After the startup message screen flashed, a real-life image appeared as the screensaver. The photo showed a handsome young man with soft chestnut-brown hair, smiling at the camera with his eyes crinkled, looking very sunny and radiant.
Qi Xuan showed no interest whatsoever and swiped his finger to access the desktop.
He scanned the desktop and found that the phone only had regular apps installed, nothing special.
However, when he scrolled to the last page of his desktop, he saw an unusual blue icon. This single piece of software was placed prominently in the center of the entire page.
Qi Xuan wasn't particularly curious, and he wasn't very interested in icons that were practically waving handkerchiefs in front of him, begging "Click me, click me!"
He glanced at it, but didn't intend to click on it. He raised his hand to throw the phone to his subordinate.
However, the icon was placed in a very easily accessible spot. With a casual touch of his thumb, the software page popped up—a few neatly arranged small squares, each containing a surveillance scene.
Unexpectedly, this was software that connected to surveillance cameras. Qi Xuan was stunned for a moment, and soon a guess came to mind.
Two seconds later, Qi Xuan's guess was confirmed.
A tall, slender figure appeared in the frame. He first came out of the basement gym, casually closed the door, walked through the living room, then went to the kitchen, opened the refrigerator, took out a bottle of ice water, and gulped it down.
Qi Xuan's gaze followed the person's changing position, sweeping across several shots. When he saw the figure stop, he subconsciously wanted to click on the kitchen shot.
But before clicking, he paused, looked up at his subordinate in the lounge, and said, "Get out."
After the door to the lounge was closed, Qi Xuan zoomed in on the image as he pleased.
The person in the surveillance video is still drinking water.
Perhaps because no one was home, he simply went shirtless, with only a towel draped around his neck. It was unclear how long he had been in the gym, but his dark hair was slightly damp with sweat and was casually pulled back.
The footage was crystal clear; Qi Xuan could clearly see beads of sweat dripping from the ends of his hair, sliding down the curve behind his ears, across his jawline, across his neck, and finally gathering in the hollow of his collarbone…
The person in the video is still drinking water without realizing it, head tilted back, Adam's apple bobbing back and forth.
He drank water very quickly, finishing half a bottle in no time. This brisk movement easily led people to imagine what he might be swallowing other things...
"Tsk."
Qi Xuan put down his phone and opened the window of the lounge to let in some fresh air.
When he returned, the person was no longer in the picture. Qi Xuan went back to the beginning of the page and saw the young man return to the bedroom and open the bathroom door.
As the one in complete control, Qi Xuan smiled and tapped the corner of the table, pondering whether he should mercifully give up watching.
But before he could even come up with a good idea, the person in the shot casually hung up a piece of clothing, completely blocking the view.
"Ah..." Qi Xuan sighed regretfully.
He exited the software, rested his chin on his hand, and squinted as he began to ponder.
Originally... he intended to kick the young man out of the villa.
Penniless and destitute, they were driven out...
In this way, he, the young driver, could take the abandoned bird home under the guise of repaying a debt of gratitude and raise it properly.
Thinking of this, Qi Xuan couldn't help but smile with great pleasure.
Qi Xuan's phone vibrated. He glanced at it and saw a message from Li Hui: "Boss, are you sure you want to kick him out?"
Qi Xuan hesitated for two seconds, then quickly made a decision: "Yes, get rid of him."
After thinking for a moment, he added two more lines: "Remember, don't give him anything, and be a little rude." Otherwise, how could he make Mr. Gift hate Li Hui, the "culprit," so much?
Li Hui didn't reply for a long time, probably still trying to understand the order with his limited brainpower.
Qi Xuan stood up from the sofa, put on his coat, and went outside to pick up his adorable little bird.
Before leaving, he glanced regretfully at the phone with the surveillance software installed, then reached out and stuffed it into the drawer.
Sure enough, he prefers more direct contact to watching through a camera lens, like... yesterday's hug, and perhaps, there could be more.
In high spirits, Qi Xuan drove to the villa, expecting to run into the down-on-his-luck young man who had been kicked out. However, when he looked up, he saw Li Hui, who had texted him an hour earlier, still lurking suspiciously outside the villa…
-
Qin Chu had just come out of the bathroom and turned off privacy mode when he heard Noah call out, "Sir, there's trouble again. The system has detected that your character value is starting to fluctuate."
"What do you mean?" Having encountered this situation many times, General Qin was already very calm. "Don't tell me that just taking a shower is going to ruin your image again?"
"It's not like things are about to collapse..." Noah's voice was somewhat hesitant, "Anyway, there are some problems, and the problems seem to lie with Qi Xuan. Perhaps this Qi Xuan will kick you out, just like on the first day!"
Qin Chu paused in drying his hair: "Is he sick?"
He just rescued me from the car yesterday, and today he's kicking me out. Why is Lu Wan, this data entity, clinging to this thing like a parasitic vine?
The task progress bar is rising steadily, and the Qi family hasn't caused any trouble. All the data shows that the task is progressing well.
This left even the highly experienced "Director Nuo" unsure. After pondering for a while, he could only offer what seemed to be the most likely answer: "Perhaps, it's just that President Qi is in a bad mood?"
Qin Chu immediately scoffed and then dried his hair: "Whether he's in a good mood or not is none of my business."
Is being a bodyguard also a job of caring about the mental health of your employer?
"No, sir, you still haven't recognized your place!" Noah said very seriously. "You're not a bodyguard, but a lover. Of course you have to provide emotional support!"
Before Qin Chumu could even retort, Noah issued a side quest with a "beep": "Make President Qi happy."